Places megankass Wants to Go

Trek through the jungle on a boat and a swinging bridge and you'll be rewarded with these refreshing, if pungent, mineral pools.

Found down a long dirt road, a sacred Mexican cenote and 18th-century hacienda remain hidden.

This "City of Books" holds a museum, library, and the complete personal book collections of five of Mexico's greatest thinkers.

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

The ruins of an abandoned church mingle with the graves at Oaxaca’s General Cemetery.

The former headquarters of Mexico's Secretariat of Public Education now houses a muralism museum, including Diego Rivera's first large-scale mural project.

Mexico's largest collection of masks is found in the ruins of an abandoned convent.

This series of waterfalls tumble into a radiantly blue river.

This church devoted to Mexico's "dead saint" is a festive celebration of a formerly hidden religious figure.

The unique collection of gifts includes braids of human hair, a spoon, and a Virgin made of bread.

This French cemetery houses some of the most exquisite examples of funerary art in Mexico City.

Inside a busy metro station, an impressive mural depicts the prehispanic city of Tenochtitlán.

A neo-Gothic temple in central Mexico featuring a labyrinthine network of crypts.

One of the world's largest murals covers a large swath of homes in its hillside neighborhood.

The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.

This popular cave pool is truly magical, despite the crowds.

Three sinkholes filled with warm, crystal-clear water reached by a horse-driven cart on an old train track through the jungle.

An extravagant 18th-century fountain built with bits of broken ceramic.

The "world's smallest volcano" has been used to store meals and dispose of dead bodies.

This ceremonial Mexican square looks as though it belongs in a science fiction movie.

This once-abandoned mansion is now a dreamy event space.

A Volkswagen Beetle decorated with millions of beads connects Mexico's past and future.

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.

On a cornerstone of the City Museum is the head of a monstrous serpent stolen from an Aztec pyramid 400 years ago.